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The Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey (MWTS) tracks month-to-month trends for sales and inventories of U.S. distributors, jobbers, drop shippers, and import/export merchants, excluding manufacturers' sales branches or offices (MSBOs). Companies provide dollar values of sales and end-of-month inventories. Estimates are released 6 weeks after the close of the data month, containing preliminary current month estimates and final data for the previous month. Statistics include: sales, inventories, and inventory/sales ratios along with standard errors. Estimates are both seasonally adjusted and unadjusted.

Scope and Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

Nation

Years Available

2006 - 2024

Universe

Companies, parts of companies (defined by Employer Identification Numbers, or EINs), and single-unit establishments (also defined by EINs) that are located in the United States, have paid employees, and are classified as merchant wholesalers, excluding manufacturer's sales branches and offices. The survey covers companies with employment that are primarily engaged in merchant wholesale trade in the U.S, as defined by the 2012 NAICS, excluding MSBOs. Also excluded are non-merchant wholesalers such as agents, brokers, and electronic markets.

Spatial Coverage

National (50 States, DC)

Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey

Description

Scope and Coverage